Cushion-tire wheel.



PATBNTBD MAY 10, 1904.

W. E. HOLMES. CUSHION TIRE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29,1903.

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HOLMES.

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SUSHION TIRE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.29, 1903.

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' NO MODEL V No. 75i3,611. Patented May 10, 1004.

WILLIAM H. HOLMES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.-

OUSHlON-TIRE WHEEL- SPEGIFIOATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,611, dated May 10, 19%. Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 187,019. (No model.)

T (LZZ ZI/IMJ'IYL TIT/(Ly 60771067911. the in edge portions 1 and each Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HOLMES, portion is made with a series of slots 1, somea citizen of the United States, residing at what in the form of a comma-that is, they Uolumbusfin the county of Franklin and State each have a long inclined portion beginning 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful at the extreme edge of the rim that curves improvements in Cushion-Tire Wheels; and inward-toward the felly and a short transll do hereby declare the following to he afull, verseportion at the inner end of the 'iong clear, and exact description of the invention, portion extending outward from the felly. I such as will enable others skilled in the art to 2 designates the tire-holding flanges, each 1 which it appertains to make and use the same. preferably consisting of a hollow spring-ring Pneumatic tires have heretofore ordinarily split or divided at one point, 2, Fig. 4, one been sprung in a deflated condition over the of the open ends beingprovided withablockil", 0 I flanges into their channels on the wheels, and fitting and fixed therein and projecting therewhen such a tire is punctured it is usually from slidably into the open opposite end of the x5; necessary to remove it to put on a patch. a ring, sothat the latter can be slightly expand- 1 When an automobilist is on the road at a ed or contracted without lateral separation 1 place remote from a repair-shop and a tire is of the ends. One of the pins 3, hereinafter 5 l punctured and deflated, it has oftentimes been referred to, can be used to secure the block l practically impossible to put on a patch so as 2 fixedly in the flange. so! to permit reinflation of the tire, and as a con- 3 designates'a series of pins, each of which sequence the automobilist has been compelled is radially secured in the tire-holding flange 2. I to proceed on his way with a deflated tire, Each flange is furnished with as many of the 7 f thus frequently irretrievably damaging the pins 3 as there are slots 1 in one side of the a tire and injuring to some extent also the rim I rim 1, and these pins are of such size and so 251 of the wheel. f located and the slots are so formed that the f The object of the present invention, therepins will enter the said slots when the tire- Ifore, is to provide an improved construction holding flange is slid in the proper position of wheel thatwill permit the. ready placing laterally onto the rim 1. By giving a slight oh and removal of the tire from the rim, and turning movement to the flange in the proper 3 the invention is embodied in the construction direction the pins 3 will be brought opposite hereinafter described and claimed. the short outwardly-extending portions of the In the accompanying drawings, in which I slot 1, when the flanges can be moved outwardlf have illustrated but one form of the invento the end of the transverse portion of the"- tion, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of slot, where the tire-holding flange will be 35 a wheel according to my invention. .Fig. 2 -latched' from revolution in either direction is a cross-sectional view on the line it :2 Fig. with respect to the rim. After the tire-hold Fig. 3 is a detail cross-section on a larger ing flange is brought into this position itc'an 5 scale, Fig. 4 is a detail showing how the be locked from lateral movement by any up tire-holding flange can be made yielding. Fig. propriate means. That shown in my draw- 4 5 is a sectional view of the flange on the line ings consists of a split ring or band 4, having y 4/, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows how the flangeat its ends pins 4, adapted: to enter correlocking ring can be sprung for securing and spending holes -1 in-t-he felly 1*. The split 9 removal. ring 4 is of a thickness to fit and fill the gap In the views,1 designates. the rim proper of between the side of the felly and the pin 3,

45 thewheel. This is preferably made smooth and it is applied by first inserting one of the andcylindrical in form and provided with a pins 4 in its holes 1, placing the ring around felly l. The rim 1 projects laterally at opthe inner side of the edge portions 1 between posite sides of the wheel beyond the sides of all the pins 3 and then springing the other pin 4 into its socket 1, somewhat as indicated in Fig. 6. The ring can of course be removed by reversing this process.

We come now to the manner of putting on thetire.

5 designates the tire, which is of any appropriate tubular form, provided with the usual inflating and deflating valve. will only be necessary to remove one 9f the tire-holding flanges 2 in order to put on or take 05 the tire. Because of the construction described thetire in its deflated condition can be made of such inside diameter as to snugly tion; but should thetire be unexpectedlypunc:

tured and deflated the locking device Lplge ventsdisconnection of the parts until intentionally eil'ected. With this construction it will be observed, therefore, that the installa tion of the tire and its removal for examinaplest of, operations and without the useof special tools or machinery. -With the necessary patching material it can be done on the road remote from a repair-shop, almost ifnot quite as expeditiously as in the shop.

The advantage in making the tire-holding flanges expansible and contractible resides, among other things, first, in the fact that a perfect fit between the flanges and the tirehol-ding ring will not be necessary, and, second, that such flanges will yield for difler- 'ences in the rate of expansion and contraction due to heat and cold and the flanges therefore at all times be freely removable from the rim.

The slots 1 in the edge portions 1 of the rim 1 are shown in full liries, Fig. .3, to be of opposite trend; but theyv can be of similar trend on opposite sides, as indicated by dot-- I ted lines in the righthand edge portion 1-" of said Fig. 3. When these slots are made of opposite trend, the friction of the tire on both flanges would prevent the tendency to move of a flange otherwise movable. l/Vhen the slots are thus made, it may be practicable in some instances to dispense altogether with a locking device 4 and rely on the lateral pressure of the inflated tire to do the locking. In

order to insure the entering and engagement of the pins 3 with the slots 1 when the ring is slightly contracted or expanded, the pins 3 can be made of'slightly-smaller diameter than the slots.

Some parts maybe used in connection with other or different parts and changes in the details of construction shown can be made In practice it withontdeparting from the gist or the inven' tion. Among these changes it may be mentioned that one only of the tire-holding flanges need be made removable and that the rim need not be in the form of a cylinder and that the tire in some instances may be solidinsteadof hollow. 4

Vv'hat 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1, In a cushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim having a projecting edge portion, inclined slots in said edge portion and a .tireholding flange separate from and independent of the tire having pins to enter and engage said slots.

2. In a cushion-tire wheehthje combination.

of a rim having oppositely-projectihg edge portions, inclined slots in said edge portions,

and tire-holding flanges separate from and independent of the tire havingpinsto enter and engage said slots. I,

3. In a cushion-tire'wheel, the combination of a rim having oppositely-projecting edge portions, oppositely-trending inclined slots in the edge portions and tire-holding flanges separate from and independent of the tire having pins to enter and engage said slots. tion and patching is accomplished by the sim- 4. In a cushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim havinga projecting edge portion, in-

'clined slots in said edge portion, a tire-hold- .ing-flange'separate from and independent of the tire having pins to enter and engagesaid slots and means for'locking said flange in engagement with the rim.

5. -In a cushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim having a telly and a projecting edge portion, inclined slots in said edge portion, a tire-holding flange having pins to enter and engage said slots, and a movable ring interposed between the pin and the telly for holding the flange in engagement with the edge portion.

6. In a cushion-tire wheehthe combination of a rim havmg a telly and a pro ecting edge portion, lnchned slots in said edge portion, a

tire-holding flange having pins to enter and 7 engage said slots,"and a movable ring interposed betwcen the pins and the telly and means for securing the ring to the telly.

7. In a cushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim having a projecting edge portion, slots in said edge portion bcgianing at the periphery thereof and extend in g inward and terminating in an outwardly-extending portion, atire-holding flange separate from and independent of the tire having pins to enter said slots, and a pneumatic tire adapted when inflated to press or hpld the 'pins in the holdingflange in the outwardly-extending portions of said slots.

8. in acushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim having oppositely-projccting edge portions, each of said edge portions having slots beginning atits peripheryand extend, mg" inward and terminating in outwardly-en tending portions, tire-holding flanges separate from and independent of the tire having pins to enter and engage said slots, and a pneu- .inatic tire adapted when inflated to press orhold the pins in the tire-holding flanges in the ouhwardlyextending portions of said slots.

9. in a cnehiomtire Wheel, the combination of a rim heving oppositely-projecting edge portions, each of said edge portions having slots beginning at its peripherynnd extending inward and termineiting in outwardly-ex tending portions, tire-holding flanges heving pins to enter and engage said slots, and a pneumatic tire ndnpted when inflated to press ;.or hold the pins in the tire-holding flanges in the outward ly-extending portions of said slots,

' said slots on opposite sides extending in opposite directions with reference to ierence of the Wheel,

10. in ecushion-tire wheel, the combination the circumo'f a smooth cylindrical rim having its edge portion made with slots, 21 tire-holding flange separate from and independent of the tire to slide leternlly onto said rim and having pins adapted toilaterelly enter and engage said slots end means for holding said pins in en t gagement with said slots.

- 11. In ecushiomtire wheel, the coinhinetio the expansion and contraction of said flange but preventing the laterhi separation of said connected ends when in place on the rim.

12. In a cushion-tire wheel, the combination of a rim, a, tire-holding flange separate from and independent of the tire laterally movable onto said rim, a slot in one of said parts extending from the outer edge thereof inward and then outward and a pin on the other'part adapted to enter and engage said slot.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature n presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M F nesse, SAMUEL W. LMeA /n 

